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The Inmate

Freida McFadden

3.78 AVERAGE


At 60% I would’ve rated this book 3 stars. It was okay but nothing I loved. Then it finally started really picking up speed. I really did like this book a lot!
At a few points I did a few big shocking gasps
mysterious tense medium-paced

The main character in this book is the dumbest fucking bitch I’ve ever come across in a book. Extra star cuz the twists were good, but my gosh. The insanity was driving me up the wall. 

the fact that you told prisoners personal info about ur life is just plain stupid. but THEN you let ur ex bf who’s spent 11yrs in prison cuz YOU put him in there come live at ur home with ur child. & you thought you were gonna be one big happy family & he’d just let that shit go is a whole other level of stupid.
emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

As the first book I’ve read by Frieda, this lived up to the hype! It was easy to digest and fast paced. And just when I thought I had it all figured out…. I didn’t! The only complaint I have is how easily swayed the FMC was between one “absolute” to the next, and I get that I played into the overall outcome, it was still very frustrating. 

J’ai beaucoup aimé ce livre ! Comme à l’habitude avec l’autrice, une lecture rapide mais pleine de rebondissements. J’ai beaucoup aimé la fin.

I'm done with this author for a while. While the ending was not expected, the road there was long, convoluted, and a lot of it just made me scratch my head and question where she was going.

Plot twists were a bit unbelievable and pointless. The reason for the murder was extremely weak which in return made the whole plot and story weak. Also what type of prison hired someone without running a background check? So unbelievable. Book tok disappointed me.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Ich fand besonders die erste Hälfte des Buchs hat sich gezogen, es ist nicht wirklich etwas passiert… Der Plottwist war dann leider auch nicht krass genug um das wieder gut zu machen. Alles in allem trotzdem ein ganz nettes Buch für zwischendurch
adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i think it would've been better if tim and shane actually teamed up. now THAT would've been an ending.

Maybe Freida McFadden books just aren’t for me. I really didn’t like the writing style and thought that the plot line was boring and predictable. The random twist at the end felt like an after thought just to make things ✨extra twisty✨ but it felt haphazardly put in there.